Bennington Driver Witness in McConnell Murder Trial
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a Bennington Vermont truck driver testified in the murder trial of Bruce McConnell of North Adams charged with Bonnie Pearson’s slaying. Judge O'Malley curtailed questions on Pearson's social life and birth control, with recesses and legal objections shaping the cross examination. Courtney Cross of Adams then testified about a date with Janet Howard and their trip to Newport New Hampshire around 5:30.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Bennington
Bruce McConnell
North Adams
Bonnie Pearson
Janet Howard
Williamstown
J. Norman O’connor
Asst. Dist. Atty
William R. Flynn
Thomas J. O'Malley
O’connor
Miss Pearson
Howard
Miss Howard
Sprague Electric Co
Courtney Cross
Adams
Asst. Dist
Atty. Flynn
Cross
Newport
N.H
Perry Flood
Pearson Girl
McConnell
Unemployment in Bennington area shows decline
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area for May averaged 2.3 percent, still above the statewide 2 percent, with 79 new claims filed, down from April and last year. The local office serves Bennington County with weekly itinerant service. occasions include a bridal shower in Arlington and Manchester.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
British civil servant tomcat hauls freight to night club
Traveling Tom from Bridgewater England draws police attention after a sequence of events on Aug 18 1967 involving a stray cat masquerading as a government employee. The report details sightings at the Five Flys night club near Bennington and statements from witnesses about alcohol and alleged car encounters.
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Bridgewater
England
UPI
Chippy
Combs Directs CIT Program At Camp Abnaki Start Date
Jurgen Combs of South Stream Road begins his fourth year on the Camp Abnaki staff as counselor in training director for the 1968 season. A North Adams State College graduate, he will oversee CITs for boys finishing sophomore year in high school. The eight week program runs June 30 to August 25 with CITs spending equal time as campers learners and in leadership practice.
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Jurgen Combs
South Stream Road
Camp Abnaki
H. Lee Combs
Combs
North Adams State College
Abnaki
Cits
Museum Director to Speak at Bennington College Graduation
Thomas P. F. Hoving, director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will be the principal speaker at Bennington College’s 33rd commencement. About 79 graduates receive BA and MA degrees. ceremony honors arts, languages, sciences, and social sciences with trustees chairwoman presiding. Hoving, known for NYC park innovations, shares note on his art history career and Princeton degrees.
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Thomas P. F. Hoving
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Bennington College
Edward J. Bloustein
Richard S. Emmet
Stephanie Gordon Noland
Kenneth
South Shaftsbury
Ernest Edward Kirby
Rye
N.Y
Hoving
Metropolitan
John V. Lindsay
Central Park
San Leonardo
Arcetri
Florence
Italy
Bury St. Edmonds
Princeton University
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 164 Banquet in Colgate Hall
Cadette Troop 164 of Bennington held a mother and daughter banquet at Colgate Hall Baptist Church on June 4. Eighteen girls, each with her mother, enjoyed a self planned dinner, decorations in green and gold, a flag ceremony, candle ceremony, and recitations of the scout laws. Leaders praised the troop's progress since meeting in February and noted multiple proficiency badges and five year pins for several members. The event concluded spring meetings with plans to welcome new girls in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Colgate Hall
Richard Torrey
James Cross
Francis Morrissey
Grace
Morrissey
Bernard Miller
Paul Clermont
Charles Thompson
Kim Cross
Joanne Sherman
Linda Statin
Karen Moreau
Bonnie Campbell
Debbie Becker
Priscilla Sweet
Mrs. Torrey
Julia Weaver
Shelly Purdy
Patricia Morrissey
Dixie Torrey
Ellen Carpenter
Donna Sheppard
Kathy Campbell
Jean Crawford
Diane Sherman
Coleen Gavin
Kolleen Gavin
Commencement Concert Friday at Bennington College
The Bennington College music division presents the annual Commencement Concert Friday at 4 p.m. in the Carriage Barn. Admission is free. The program features madrigals and student works with special guests from the American Brass Quintet and the New York Brass Quintet, who will perform a student piece and a selection for the degree ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College Music Division
American Brass Quintet
New York
Calabro
North Bennington
Mount Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Bach
Orlando di Lasso
John Wilbye
Hans Leo Hassler
Brahms
Faure
Ravel
Debussy
Pownal Meeting Debates Interim Zoning and Mobile Homes
Tense town meeting in Pownal shows split over interim zoning and a planned mobile home park. Residents and officials clash on education, moral courage, and whether to rush a temporary ordinance, with a public meeting promised within days to discuss interim zoning and a model mobile home park law.
Selectmen To Talk with Water Board On Haswell Ave. Water Extensions
Bennington selectmen tabled water extension applications for Haswell Avenue after a town discussion with Alfred Ellett, water board chair. Residents reportedly want a full line to their homes due to polluted supply, but officials question if costs should fall on a few. The matter was set to await further consultation.
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Water Board
Haswell Ave
Haswell Avenue
Bennington
Alfred Ellett
Bennington Water Board
Vermont 67A
Globe Union
Selectmen
Gerald A. Cornell
Joseph Higgins
Pine Road
Dewey Street
Hospital
Cornell
Higgins
Airman Tripp's Unit Cited With Outstanding Unit Award
Airman 1C Eugene P. Tripp of Bennington is in a unit earning the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for combat readiness, severe weather training, and support of Southeast Asian operations. The 21st Composite Wing at Elmendorf AFB Alaska also aided Alaska and North American defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Airman
C. Eugene P. Tripp
North Branch Street
Bennington
U.S. Air Force
Tripp
21St Composite Wing
Elmendorf Afb
Bennington Catholic High School
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
North American
Judge orders nursing home operators to pay nurse $6000
In Madison a judge ordered Mr and Mrs Jerome P Fisher nursing home operators to pay Aleta I Jones six thousand dollars in damages for taking her dental plates to secure a two hundred dollar loan. The town examined a road closing plan between Coleville and Gore Roads and discussed adding street lights in Green Acres Flats. They also considered Civil Defense needs for a hospital generator and received praise for culvert work on the Silk Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
UPI
Jerome P. Fisher
Aleta I. Jones
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Notices And Events
No injuries occurred Wednesday at 12 15 p m in Woodford when a 1963 Plymouth wagon left VT 9. Dominick Mali 37 of Medford Mass sustained major front damage. The Rev W Earle Forman heads to the Northeast Regional Conference in Manchester New Hampshire. Bennington Chapter D A R meets Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Mrs J O Slade s Willow Rd home. Linda Gall Champlain College Burlington makes dean s list with 3 3 GPA or better. The Spot at Second Congregational Church opens Friday June 14 8 30 to 11 30 p m. Dr Dewitt Lewis optometrist office closed June 13 27.
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Woodford
Dominick Mali
Medford
Mass
Linda Gall
Herbert Gall
Grant Street
Champlain College
Burlington
How To Manage A Woman Talk At Bennington Area Club
Ladies Night event at the Bennington Area Industrial Management Club features Dr. Cleo Dawson presenting How To Manage a Woman. Dawson, SMU alumna with a UK masters and doctorate, author and TV contributor, speaks at Paradise Restaurant on Wednesday June 19 with Maynard Grout presiding and officers to be installed. Reservations via company key men or YMCA by Monday. Attendees include men in management and their wives.
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Bennington Area
Dr. Dawson
Mike Douglas
Virginia Graham
Maynard Grout
Mack Molding Co
YMCA
Bennington
Hospital Notes Reads Admissions Across Several NY Towns
Admissions include Edna Lewis Petersburg Donna Walsh Hazel Harrison and baby Kimberley Boupton in Hoosick Falls Lia M Shattuck Manchester Depot and Gregory Gaucher. Discharges list Mrs Brenda White Eagle Bridge Clara Palmer Lawrence Gilmore and births show Paul Harris Cambridge and David Sheldon East Dorset with sons born June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Lewis
Petersburg
N.Y
Donna Walsh
Hazel Harrison
Baby Kimberley Boupton
Bennington
Gregory Gaucher
Hoosick Falls
Lia M. Shattuck
Manchester
Brenda White
Eagle Bridge
Clara Palmer
Lawrence Gilmore
Paul Harris
Spring St
Cambridge
David Sheldon
East Dorset
Obituary notices for Fillmore and Shoemaker in Fayetteville Pa
Mrs Mary Newcomb Fillmore 91 of 208 Pleasant St widow of Maj Henry D Fillmore died this morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital Funeral arrangements pending at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home and a further obituary will appear in Fridays Banner Lee C Shoemaker Sr 71 of RR 1 Fayetteville father of Lee C Shoemaker Jr of Bennington Vt died Saturday afternoon at Chambersburg Hospital He had been ill for five years Born May 3 1897 at Upper Strasburg Pa son of Luther and Lillian Shoemaker He was a hotel manager for most of his life and for the past six years ran the Shoemaker Confectionery Store on the Fayetteville by pass Surviving besides his son are his wife the former Alice Hoover five grandchildren one great grandchild three brothers Ray Lewis town Robert Shippensburg and John M Rochester N Y three sisters Mrs Robert J Finn and Miss Lillian Shoemaker both of Chambersburg and Mrs Joseph Stanway of Toronto Canada Funeral services were held Tuesday at Sellers Funeral Home with the Rev Amos Funk officiating Burial was in Noland Cemetery
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Mary Newcomb Fillmore
Pleasant St
Henry D. Fillmore
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Lee C. Shoemaker
R.R. 1
Lee C. Shoemaker Jr
Bennington
Chambersburg Hospital
Upper Strasburg
Luther and
Lillian
Kerns
First Lutheran Church
Fayetteville By-Pass
Alice Hoover
Ray
Lewistown
Robert
Shippensburg
John M
Rochester
N.Y
Robert J. Finn
Lillian Shoemaker
Chambersburg
Joseph Stanway
Toronto
Canada
Sellers Funeral Home
Amos Funk
Norland Cemetery
WOTM Notes and Virginia Law Degree News
WOTM Notes Academy of Friendship chapter night on June 5 with Julia Gates as chair. Josie Baczek received the A of F ring. Refreshments run by Bessie Burgess and June Kit tel. Gladys Knapp received a surprise package. Next meeting June 19 with officer installation. Doris Sprague thanks co workers for support. In Charlottesville, Stuart F. Johnson, son of Eloise Johnson, earned Bachelor of Laws at University of Virginia finals. Gov Mills E. Godwin Jr. spoke as 1,741 degrees were awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Friendship
Julia Gates
Josie Baczek
Bessie Burgess
June Kittel
Gladys Knapp
Doris Sprague
Charlottesville
Stuart F. Johnson
Eloise Johnson
Morgan Street
Bennington
University of Virginia
Bennington High School
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Mills E. Godwin Jr
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Dept
Miss LeBlanc
Patricia LeBlanc
Raymond Collier
Milton, Vt
Henry LeBlanc
Raymond J. Joly
Irene Joly
County Street
Mt. Holyoke
South Hadley
Lynn A. Oldendorph
Mount Holyoke College
Walter F. Oldendorph
Gage St
Bernice Maclean
Oldendorph
Manhattan College
Bronx
John F. Baldwin
Roy Baldwin
Jefferson Heights
School of Arts
New York Hilton Hotel
Gregory Nugent
F.S.C
James E. Allen Jr
New York State
Helen Hayes
C. Albert Koob
National Catholic Educational Association
St. John Baptist de la Salle
Miss Colliano
HVCC
Troy
Hudson Valley Community College
Linda Colliano
Little Theater
Willis B. Kittell
College Dental Hygiene
Joan M. Bishop
James J. Fitzgibbons
Bruno E. Amyot
Cohoes
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Pearson
New York - Vermont
Francis Millard
Five Flys
Jim Betts
North Adams Airport
Millard
Robert Dean
Flynn
Walloomsac Inn
Frank Graham
Dean
Regan
Mike King
Girl Scout
Pownal
George
Carter
Jerry T. Bidlack
Helen Renner
Whipstock Road
Norton Barber
Airport Road
Whipstock
Hiram G. Savage
Senior Citizens’ Center Advisory Committee
Leonard Black
Veterans’ Memorial
GBA
Select
Coleville
Gore Roads
Barber
Harold Damon
George E. Bierwirth
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Green Acres Flats
Civil Defense
William Mattison
Mattison
Frances Bender
Norman Bachand
Silk Road
Bachand
Franks
Cord & Gage Sts
Bennington Briefs
W. Earle Forman
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
National Association For Retarded Children
Sheraton Motel
Daughters of the American Revolution
J.O. Slade
Willow Road
Second Congregational Church
Dewitt Lewis
ADV
Cleo Dawson
Lee C. Shoemaker Sr
WOTM
Johnson
THE
Channel 17
Channel 11
Channel 5
Channel
I Channel
Shore
Science
Denning
Berlin
Better Tv, Inc
Main St
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